Depends on if the pilots declared an emergency or not. If the pilots declared an emergency to get priority handling from ATC, the controllers may ask them to squawk (set their transponder to) 7700 just to make them easier to spot on radar and let the controllers get them a clear path to Stansted.

United Kingdom: Incident Occurred On Civilian Aircraft Flying From Pakistan, Officials Say
May 24, 2013 | 1328 GMT
An incident occurred on a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Lahore to Manchester, an Essex police spokeswoman said, BBC reported May 24. The plane has been diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport, and British Royal Air Force jets have been launched to investigate the aircraft, the British Minister of Defense said

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posted on 05/24/2013 6:36:45 AM PDT
by crosslink
(Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)

The leaders in the UK are so anxious to say, "It is not ISlamic Terror," that it is sickening. Same with the Obama administration.

They know better. Heck, anyone watching knows better.

Just like they were so fast to try and say that the soldier who was so horricially killed by the two Islamics on the street the other day, when they ran him down with their car, and then got out and attacked him with a machette and a meat cleaver, and de-capitatied him there in broad daylight, shouting, "Allah Ackbar," were not islamic teror related.

Over the last 30 years these types of attacks have been ongoing. They all have one thing in common...you tell me what that is:

In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male.

In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, terrorists attacked the Isreali athlete's dorms. In all, eleven Israeli atheltes were massacred by Muslim male terrorists.

In 1972 Pan Am 747 was hijacked and eventually diverted to Cairo where a fuse was lit on final approach and it was blown up shortly after landing by Muslim males.

In 1973 Pan Am 707 was destroyed in Rome , with 33 people killed, when it was attacked with grenades by Muslim males.

In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim males

In the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped and murdered in Lebanon by Muslim males.

In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up, killing 241 Americans, and it was done by Muslim males.

In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by Muslim males.

In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by Muslim males.

In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Scotland, killing 259 on board and 11 on the ground. This act of terror was planned and carried out by Muslim males.

In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed for the first time, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000...by Muslim males.

In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim males.

In 2011, on 911, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as weapons to crash into and take down the World Trade Centers Towers. Another was used to attack and crash into the Pentagon. The third was in the process of being re-claimed by the passengers when the terrorists flew it into the ground. Thousands of people were killed that day, all of them by Muslim males.

In 2002-2012, the United States fights a war in Afghanistan against Muslim males.

In July, 2002 a shooting at LAX international Airport killed two people and injured five others. It was committed by a Muslim Male, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet.

In October 2002, beltway snipers killed 17 and wounded five. The shooters? Yes, more Muslim males, John Mohammed and Malik Malvo

In 2003-2009, the US fights a war in Iraq to topple a tyranical regime and defeat a fundamentalist Islamic/Al Quida insurgency, made up of Muslem males.

In March, 2003, on the eve of battle for Iraq, a grenade attack was conducted on the US HQ killing two officers and wounding 14 others. A Muslim male, Sgt. Hasan Akbar, conducted the attack.

In March, 2006, a rampaging SUV at Chapil Hill, NC, on the Univ. Campus injured nine. Miracuuously no one was killed. Who did it? Mohammed Taheri-azar, a muslim male

In August, 2006, in San Francisco, another SUV rampage kills one and injurs nineteen. The perp? A musilm male named Omid Azeez Popal.

In February, 2007, a shooter kills four and wounds five at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City. The shooter? Sulejman Talovic, another Muslim male.

In October, 2007, an attack on Homestead Air Froce Base in Florida was stopped at the front gate by military police. The would be terrorist was Tahmeed Ahmad, another Muslim male.

In November, 2008, Jewish students on the University of Berkley campus were singeld out for killing by a Muslim male, Husam Zakharia, who beat two students to death with his fists.

In June 2009, a military recruiting station in Little Rock, AR was attacked by a shooter with an assault rifle. One solider was killed an another injured by Abdulhakim Muhammad, a Muslim male.

On November 5, 2009, a U.S. Army officer went on a shooting rampage against other soliders, killing 29 and wounding 13. Major Nidal Hasan, a Muslim male, who was under investigation for his own ties to Al Quida operatives, conducted the attack shouting, "Allah Akbar!"

What is going on here? FOX blipped in first thing that the Paki plane was being chased by fighters. Seem to have dropped this plane. Instead, just now they tell us of the BA plane sent to Heathrow with bad engine, then proceed to assure us Brits say it is not terror!

I remember some of the details of the Sirhan Sirhan case, being a teenager when he killed RFK.

He was born and raised in a Palstinain home whose parents professed Christianity, but people familiar with them at the time indicated that their family life was more akin to a muslim home. In addition he was schooled, and radicalized through Jordanian textbooks that demonized Jews as "animals," and called to "liberate" the Muslim holy places and Muslim lands. He said himself that he was inspired by a teacher who taught him about the Arab warrior Saladin.

So he may have been born into a Christian home...one that apparently operated very similarly to a Muslim home at the time...but he IMHO he was radicalized by Islamics teachings and ended up acting out those teachings just like an Islamic terrorist.

As to the Pan Am flight, there just isn't much information on it, except the historical note written by the wife of the captain who said the hijacker was a North Vietnamese sympathiser...which I do not doubt, but we know nothing else about him. I am going to remove that one from the list on my page, put a note in there about Sirhan Sirhan, and change the date of the Cairo one.

No problem. I think a lot of what happened in the late ‘60s/early 70’s, was more politically driven than religious, like Black September. It seems to have taken a more religious turn, when the leadership started changing and realized they could get more support using religion than politics.

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posted on 05/24/2013 11:18:21 AM PDT
by stuartcr
("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")

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